Spikes Rained Out

Burlington, VT — Saturday evening’s game between the State College Spikes and the Vermont LakeMonsters has been postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a twin bill scheduled for tomorrow afternoon beginning at 4:05 p.m. Both games are scheduled to be seven innings in accordance with New York-Penn League rules. RHP Matt Foust (0-1) will start the first game and RHP Dionis Rodriguez (1-0) will take the mound in the nightcap.The Spikes will wrap up the series in Vermont on Monday night with a 7:05 p.m. game before taking advantage of a league-wide off day on Tuesday. The Spikes will return to action at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Wednesday for the first of three with the Oneonta Tigers. Great seats are still available and can be purchased over the phone by calling 877-99-SPIKES, logging on to StateCollegeSpikes.com, or by visiting the Medlar Field at Lubrano Park box office.

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7/7 Spikes Game Notes

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES (12-6) @ VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS (10-8)

Centennial Field

Burlington, VT

Game #19 / Road Game #10

RHP Matt Foust (0-1, 3.18) vs. RHP Glenn Gibson(1-0, 1.13)

TONIGHT’S STARTER: RHP Matt Foust will make the start for the Spikes this evening, looking to build on his best performance of the season when he took the mound for his last start. On July 2nd against Batavia, Foust tosses six innings, allowing only one hit while walking one and striking out eight. Foust received a no-decision in the game that was eventually won by the Spikes 1-0. The eight strikeouts was the most punch-outs in a single game since Foust’s high school career. Foust enters tonight’s game 0-1, with a 3.18 ERA but has allowed only one run over his last 9.1 innings of work. Foust was the Pirates’ 6th round selection in the 2007 MLB Draft out of the University of Nebraska where he split time as a starter and closer. Foust was also a college teammate of Spikes’ ace, Tony Watson. Foust went 2-4 with seven saves during his junior season with the Cornhuskers. In 65.0 innings of work, he allowed 61 hits and struck out 53.
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Welker joins the Spikes

Pittsburgh Pirates second-round pick Duke Welker joined the Spikes on Friday. Welker went 7-5 and recorded 80 strikeouts in 972/3 innings while pitching for Arkansas this past spring. A foot injury sustained during the postseason has delayed the start of Welker’s professional career.

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Back on the trail

UNIVERSITY PARK — The State College Spikes discovered a simple way to erase the frustration of being stymied by another team’s ace.

They unveiled their own.

One night after Williamsport’s Drew Naylor recorded 11 strikeouts in seven innings, Spikes starter Tony Watson used different means to produce a similar result.

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Williamsport Crosscutters’ Freddy Galvis (13) is caught off base on a steal attempt as State College Spikes’ Michael Ambrose takes the throw for a rundown and out in the 3rd inning on Friday, July 6, 2007.

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